Mouthpiece for preventing snoring



' (No Model.)

S.ANDERSON.-

MOUTHPIEGE FOR PREVENTING SNORING. No. 587,358.

Patented Aug. 3, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SVANTE ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOUTHPIECE FOR PREVENTING SNORING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,358, dated August3, 1897.

Application filed February 15, 1897. Serial No. 623,445- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, SVANTE ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mouthpieces to PreventSnoring, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used by personswho are addicted to snoring while asleep; and it consists in the noveland peculiar construction thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth and specifically claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a device to be used to preventsnoring which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, effectivein use, and retained within the mouth in such a manner as not to beuncomfortable or fatiguing to the user.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideview of the face of a man, showing the mouthpiece placed within themouth and there retained by means of an elastic band around the head.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device, and Fig. 3 is across-sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the diiferent views ofthe drawings.

A represents the mouthpiece, which may be made of wood, horn, or othersuitable material, and is preferably formed at each of its ends withbutton-shaped heads a to prevent its longitudinal displacement while inthe mouth of the user. The central part of the piece A is formed with anenlargement having a number of openings a for the passage of air.Secured to the piece A near each of its ends is a band or cord B, whichmay be of elastic or other suitable material, and is used to be placedaround the head to retain the mouthpiece within the mouth of the user.

Snoring is caused by breathing with the mouth open, thus allowing alarge and unbroken volume of air to enter the glotis, and by the use ofmy mouthpiece isprevented by causing the volume of air to be broken asit passes through the openings a in the enlarged central portion of themouthpiece, which, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is reducedbetween the central enlargement and the enlargements on its ends. Thesereduced portions rest within the corners of the mouth and allow the lipsto come closely together, thus causing the air to be admitted throughthe openings in the central portion of the mouthpiece, which normallylies at about the middle of the mouth. As before stated, the ends of thepiece are provided with enlargements a to prevent it slipping, but saidenlargements may be omitted and thepiece may be retained in the mouthand prevented from slipping by means of the band B, as is apparent. v

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings that the openingsa intersect each other, and this is quite necessary, for the reason thatif they were in alinement, or if only one opening should be employed,they or it might become clogged by reason of the accumulation of salivatherein, but as they intersect each other it is apparent that anaccumulation of saliva to such an extent as to preclude the passage ofair cannot occur.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- As an improved article ofmanufacture, a mouthpiece having the central enlargement a, providedwith the intersecting openings a the enlargements a, on the ends of thepiece and reduced portions between said enlargements and the enlargementa, and a securing-strap attached to the mouthpiece near its ends,substantially as described.

SVANTE ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN.

